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Emergency services at the crash site on Thursday morning (Photo: LifeFlight \/ QAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 26, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

A man, believed to be in his 20s, suffered critical injuries when a vehicle ran off the Bunya Highway and hit a tree south of Kumbia on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the incident near Sinclairs Road just before 11:30am.<\/p>\n

A QAS spokesperson said the man suffered life-threatening head and leg injuries.<\/p>\n

Toowoomba-based LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) helicopter landed on the highway near the incident.<\/p>\n

It airlifted the injured man to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.<\/p>\n

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A teenage boy suffered minor injuries after a multi-vehicle collision at Okeden on Wednesday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emergency services were called just before 6:30pm after reports three vehicles had collided on Okeden-Byanda Road.<\/p>\n

QAS paramedics assessed two people at the scene.<\/p>\n

A woman in her 50s was uninjured, while a male in his late teens was reported to have suffered grazes.<\/p>\n

He was transported by ambulance to Murgon Hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

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